1999_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season
1999 Los Angeles Dodgers season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1999 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 110th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 42nd season in Los Angeles, California. The season started with a new management team; Kevin Malone became the team's General Manager and Davey Johnson was selected to be the new Dodgers Manager. Looking to make a splash, Malone exclaimed "There is a new Sheriff in town"[1] as he took over the reins and made a splash by signing starting pitcher Kevin Brown to a huge long contract. However, the team struggled to a third-place finish in the National League West.
| 1999 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Division | West | |||
| Ballpark | Dodger Stadium | |||
| City | Los Angeles | |||
| Record | 77–85 (.475) | |||
| Divisional place | 3rd | |||
| Owners | Fox Entertainment Group | |||
| President | Bob Graziano | |||
| General managers | Kevin Malone | |||
| Managers | Davey Johnson | |||
| Television | Fox Sports West 2; KTLA (5) | |||
| Radio | XTRA Sports 1150 Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez | |||
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- October 12, 1998: Acquired Scott Prouty from the Seattle Mariners for Eric Weaver.
- November 11, 1998: Acquired Mel Rojas from the New York Mets for Bobby Bonilla.
- December 1, 1998: Acquired Todd Hundley and Arnold Gooch from the New York Mets for Charles Johnson and Roger Cedeño.
- January 11, 1999: Doug Bochtler was released by the Dodgers.[2]
- January 12, 1999: Acquired Joe Sutton from the Chicago White Sox for Darren Hall.
Season standings
| NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks | 100 | 62 | 0.617 | — | 52–29 | 48–33 |
| San Francisco Giants | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 14 | 49–32 | 37–44 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 23 | 37–44 | 40–41 |
| San Diego Padres | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 26 | 46–35 | 28–53 |
| Colorado Rockies | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 28 | 39–42 | 33–48 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Arizona | — | 4–5 | 7–2 | 1–8 | 6–7 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 7–6 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 8–1 | 5–2 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 4–4 | 7–8 |
| Atlanta | 5–4 | — | 2–5 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 6–1 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 9–4 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 8–1 | 9–9 |
| Chicago | 2–7 | 5–2 | — | 5–8 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 2–7 | 6–6 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 7–6 | 6–3 | 1–7 | 7–5 | 6–9 |
| Cincinnati | 8–1 | 1–8 | 8–5 | — | 7–2 | 6–1 | 9–4 | 4–3 | 6–6 | 4–3 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 7–6 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 8–4 | 7-8 |
| Colorado | 7–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 2–7 | — | 5–4 | 2–6 | 8–5 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 4–8 |
| Florida | 1–8 | 4–9 | 3–6 | 1–6 | 4–5 | — | 2–7 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 2–11 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
| Houston | 4–5 | 1–6 | 9–3 | 4–9 | 6–2 | 7-2 | — | 6–3 | 8–5 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 5–7 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 12–3 |
| Los Angeles | 6–7 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 5–8 | 2–7 | 3–6 | — | 7–2 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 3–6 | 8–7 |
| Milwaukee | 4–5 | 2–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 5–8 | 2–7 | — | 5–4 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 8–4 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 7–6 | 8–6 |
| Montreal | 3–6 | 4–9 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 4–8 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–5 | — | 5–8 | 6–6 | 3–6 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–10 |
| New York | 2–7 | 3–9 | 6–3 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 10–3 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 8–5 | — | 6–6 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 12–6 |
| Philadelphia | 1-8 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 11–2 | 1–6 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 3–4 | 6–3 | 2–6 | 4–5 | 11–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 2–5 | 3–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 7–2 | 4–3 | 7–5 | 6–3 | 4–8 | 6–3 | 2–7 | 4–3 | — | 3–6 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 7–8 |
| San Diego | 2–11 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 9–4 | 6–3 | 1–8 | 9–3 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 6–3 | — | 5–7 | 2–7 | 11–4 |
| San Francisco | 3–9 | 5–4 | 7–1 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–8 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 6–2 | 5–4 | 7–5 | — | 6–3 | 7–8 |
| St. Louis | 4–4 | 1–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 7–5 | 6–3 | 6–7 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 7–2 | 3–6 | — | 7–8 |
Opening Day lineup
Notable transactions
- April 16, 1999: Acquired Robinson Checo, Apostol Garcia and Rick Roberts from the Detroit Tigers for Dave Mlicki and Mel Rojas.
- May 19, 1999: Acquired Doug Bochtler from the Toronto Blue Jays for cash.
Roster
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Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
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| Kevin Brown | 35 | 35 | 252.1 | 13-6 | 3.00 | 59 | 221 | 5 |
| Ismael Valdez | 32 | 32 | 203.1 | 9-14 | 3.98 | 58 | 143 | 2 |
| Chan Ho Park | 33 | 33 | 194.1 | 12-11 | 5.23 | 100 | 174 | 0 |
| Darren Dreifort | 30 | 29 | 178.2 | 13-13 | 4.79 | 76 | 140 | 1 |
| Carlos Perez | 17 | 16 | 89.2 | 2-10 | 7.43 | 39 | 40 | 0 |
| Éric Gagné | 5 | 5 | 30.0 | 1-1 | 2.10 | 15 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Judd | 7 | 4 | 28.0 | 3-1 | 5.46 | 12 | 22 | 0 |
| Jeff Williams | 5 | 3 | 17.2 | 2-0 | 4.08 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | SV |
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| Jeff Shaw | 64 | 0 | 68.0 | 2-4 | 2.78 | 15 | 43 | 34 |
| Pedro Borbón, Jr. | 70 | 0 | 50.2 | 4-3 | 4.09 | 29 | 33 | 1 |
| Alan Mills | 68 | 0 | 72.2 | 3-4 | 3.73 | 43 | 49 | 0 |
| Onan Masaoka | 54 | 0 | 66.2 | 2-4 | 4.32 | 47 | 61 | 1 |
| Mike Maddux | 49 | 0 | 54.2 | 1-1 | 3.29 | 19 | 41 | 0 |
| Jamie Arnold | 36 | 3 | 69.0 | 2-4 | 5.48 | 34 | 26 | 1 |
| Matt Herges | 17 | 0 | 24.1 | 0-2 | 4.07 | 8 | 18 | 0 |
| Robinson Checo | 9 | 2 | 15.2 | 2-2 | 10.34 | 13 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Bochtler | 12 | 0 | 13.0 | 0-0 | 5.54 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Kubenka | 6 | 0 | 7.2 | 0-1 | 11.74 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Mlicki | 2 | 0 | 7.1 | 0-1 | 4.91 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mel Rojas | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0-0 | 12.60 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Antonio Osuna | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 0-0 | 7.71 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Name | Pos | G | AB | Avg. | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
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| Todd Hundley | C | 114 | 376 | .207 | 49 | 78 | 24 | 55 | 3 |
| Ángel Peña | C | 43 | 120 | .208 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 0 |
| Paul Lo Duca | C | 36 | 95 | .232 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Rick Wilkins | C | 3 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Karros | 1B | 153 | 578 | .304 | 74 | 176 | 34 | 112 | 8 |
| Eric Young | 2B | 119 | 456 | .281 | 73 | 128 | 2 | 41 | 51 |
| Mark Grudzielanek | SS | 123 | 488 | .326 | 72 | 159 | 7 | 46 | 6 |
| Adrián Beltré | 3B | 152 | 538 | .275 | 84 | 148 | 15 | 67 | 18 |
| José Vizcaíno | SS/3B/2B/LF | 94 | 266 | .252 | 27 | 67 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| Craig Counsell | 2B/SS | 50 | 108 | .259 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Dave Hansen | 1B/3B/RF | 100 | 107 | .252 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Tripp Cromer | IF/OF | 33 | 52 | .192 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Alex Cora | SS/2B | 11 | 30 | .167 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chance Sanford | 2B | 5 | 8 | .250 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Juan Castro | 2B/SS | 2 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raúl Mondesí | RF/CF | 159 | 601 | .253 | 98 | 152 | 33 | 99 | 36 |
| Devon White | CF | 134 | 474 | .268 | 60 | 127 | 14 | 68 | 19 |
| Gary Sheffield | LF | 152 | 549 | .301 | 103 | 165 | 34 | 101 | 11 |
| Todd Hollandsworth | CF/LF/RF | 92 | 261 | .284 | 39 | 74 | 9 | 32 | 5 |
| Trenidad Hubbard | CF/LF/RF/2B/C | 82 | 105 | .314 | 23 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| Jacob Brumfield | CF/LF | 18 | 17 | .294 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brent Cookson | LF/RF | 3 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Gary Sheffield reserve
- NL Player of the Week
- Raúl Mondesí (April 5–11)
- Eric Karros (Sep. 20–26)
The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They lost their first round pick to the San Diego Padres and their third round pick to the Baltimore Orioles as a result of their signing free agent pitchers Kevin Brown and Alan Mills. They also gained a supplemental first round pick and a second round pick as compensation for losing pitcher Scott Radinsky to free agency and a supplemental second round pick as compensation for pitcher Brian Bohanon.
The first round pick was shortstop Jason Repko from Hanford High School. He was transitioned to the outfield and played seven seasons in the majors (four with the Dodgers). He had several serious injuries in his career and was relegated primarily to a backup position. Repko hit .224 in 360 MLB games. The draft class also included outfielder Shane Victorino, who was drafted in the sixth round out of St. Anthony High School in Hawaii. He was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2004 Rule 5 draft and proceeded to become a two-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion.
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